[Charania] Bradley Beal is expected to enter 2023-24 Suns training camp as the team’s starting point guard, with Jordan Goodwin as a reserve PG, sources say. Details on Suns moves to shore up roster, add 2nd-rounders for future moves, create $30M in tax savings
Bradley Beal is expected to enter 2023-24 Suns training camp as the team’s starting point guard, with Jordan Goodwin as a reserve PG, sources say.
Details on Suns moves to shore up roster, add 2nd-rounders for future moves, create $30M in tax savings: https://t.co/QdIc4Co3gw
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 16, 2023
by dgr8one
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Devin Booker in shambles.
a single injury to beal next season will make the suns the funniest team in the league to watch. let’s watch jordan goodwin facilitate an offense.
Nothing will go wrong
“Everybody eats”- Bradley Beal
Sounds good to me as a Nuggets fan
I’m sorry Suns fans but y’all are absolutely cooked this season
Do people think Payne was a starting guard for us? Booker and Beal will share the playmaking duties. That’s how it always was going to be after we got Beal.
This is going to be a disaster. Beal isn’t a point guard
Known facilitator Bradley Beal
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Think Booker is the better replacement PG, but we will see. Probably still want Booker to be mainly a scorer. It’s interesting to see how Beal does.
I haven’t watched any wizard games at all but i’m going to say this is a bad idea anyways
Beal has played PG more than Booker has throughout his career, that makes sense kinda, hope it works out for them
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I’m very intrigued by the Suns. 4 max players + 10 min players. Let’s see how it works.
Ayton’s value 📉📉
Devin booker is easily the best point guard option I don’t care about this report
Most good teams in the league don’t have “pure” PGs anymore and either have hybrid combo guard PGs like Jrue Holiday, or a player who playmakes using their scoring gravity. Players like Darius Garland are the exception.
Booker in the playoffs averaged 7 APG and was a good point guard according to all advanced metrics. The suns using their 3 elite scorers as playmakers is perfectly fine.
This team will score 150 points a night but give up 160
Beal was basically our point guard once Wall became often injured up until we brought in Westbrook
Oh my
Why Beal? Booker has experience running point as well and he’s been better at it than Beal too.
Good thing they passed on two top PG’s in 2018 for a inside center that gets out rebounded by Guards in the playoffs.
Shouldn’t Book be the PG? He was literally great at it last year lol.
so many haters in here lmao
I don’t wanna hear the whole “well duh the suns are good, they’re a superteam!” from a lot of you commenters when they ball out out this season
“I have to pass the ball? To who?”
The Suns are going to be a superteam and then y’all will act like it was obvious the whole time
Don’t get the hate. Having a PG in this situation is practically useless. Aint no way you gonna be having some random dude initiate the offense if you have 3 elite scorers waiting around. You might as well have the initiator be one of 3
Brad is a fine playmaker and Booker will of course be on ball playmaking and creating as well. I think they’ll be fine but of course you’re going to have your possessions that do become a one on one fest. It’s just really hard to defend three excellent one on one players when they’re gonna be surrounded by the talent on the court we’re gonna see in Phoenix.
Booker is the de facto PG.
Lmao. They think he’s Harden.
I mean sure but Beal, Booker, and KD will all share the load im sure handling the ball
Positions are just something invented by broadcasters to make the sport easier to follow for casuals. Of course Booker, Beal, Durant, and Ayton are going to be in the lineup. Makes sense to label one of them as the PG for the casuals because the team isn’t going to have the 5th starter handle the ball more than any of those 4 key players. And Beal is the shortest of the 4, so of course he is the PG label for the casuals.
Tbh, I think him and Book are going to split duties.
I really feel that Book’s performance as starting Pg against Denver is what made JJ decide to pull the trigger on Beal in the first place. The point is to push the ball and get it in Booker’s hands more often.
What the fuck is this roster construction?
Before we make any judgments or calls, I want to see what Haynes says. He will be wrong so that way we have a clear idea who our PG is.
Book is gonna be the playmaking guard, he’s been capable of doing it. Did it in the past for the regular season and just this playoffs. He’s a 7 assist capable playmaker.
We probably just make Beal the ball handler to bring it up court because teams will literally double Book every time he does.
Confirmed 2k team lmao. This is like when you get Kobe, Tmac and Melo on the same team and you gotta make one of them PG.
I can’t wait to see this team implode in the second round once again.
Good luck with that. He’s a traditional SG that needs a traditional PG next to him.
I don’t get why it matters to people. Not like this is gonna stop someone like KD taking it up the court. And he’s definitely not a pg. This is the modern nba. These positions barely matter. All 3 of them can ball handle and facilitate just fine. At the end of the day, I believe Book is taller than Beal, right? Therefore, he’ll be the 2 and Beal will be the 1. I don’t see how whoever is officially slotted in at the 1 will make a difference, but maybe I’m crazy.
I just don’t understand. But if I’m wrong, I’d appreciate an explanation.
who the hell is jordan goodwin
Jesus Christ, people are so clueless here.
How many years has it been where people have talked about positionless basketball? And now suddenly the arbitrary PG spot matters. Do y’all think because someone is listed as PG, no one else is allowed to bring up the ball or run the offense? And do y’all think that this designation is permanent and can’t be changed at all throughout the season?